Rustyj

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

No not really. From the laser cutting there is a very small, raised area in the notch.

I just lightly sanded it with a fine file to smooth it out.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

Making the guns..
 
There are 8 cannon.
 
First sand the char off both sides of each laser cut sheet of carriage parts.  Do this before removing the parts.  Its just easier.   Then proceed to remove the char from the edges of all pieces.  Dont sand too much.  Just a light touch is needed.  The two sides or the "brackets" of teach carriage are laser cut with all the holes for your various eyebolts etc.
 

Then if you intend to paint the carriages...do that on all parts before assembling.  Its just easier.  Note the axle are left bright as well as the wheels (trucks).
 
In addition, this chapter will come with a carriage jig.  It is a simple jig.   Add the center piece of the jig first.  Then it is best to add the two axles in position so you can better position the other two jig pieces.   Position the two jig elements on the far sides of each axle so they can be easily slipped in and out of the jig.  Dont make it so the axles are too tight in the jig and hard to remove.   Finish up the the jig with the final fourth piece which is used to secure the brackets at the correct width apart from each other.   
 

Then you can glue the two brackets to the axles....after they dry remove this assembly from the jig and you can repeat for all eight carriages.
 

Next up...add the front (transom) and the back (bolster) atop each axle between the brackets.  Note the stool bed and quoin ready to go in the next step along with some 3/64" dia brass rod.  
 

Insert the longer brass rod (not included) through the carriage.  The stool bed will sit on this.  The two smaller lengths simulate the transom bolts.  Normally this would go through the transom from one side to the other.  But in our case they wont.   They are just cosmetic.  Just fill the hole so it looks like it does.  They can be be blackened.
 
Then I glued the quoin atop the stool bed in advance.   Then glued this on top of the bolster and long brass rod.  See the photo.

Small eye bolts were made with 24 gauge black wire and inserted according to the plans.   Many of you will be familiar with this repetitive task.  I also made ring and bolt for the breech line.  Even though the photos show it on the carriage, they will be removed for now.  It is easier to add them to the breech line itself and then insert them into the carriage sides.  That is if you intend to rig the guns which I do.  I also turned the quoin handle from some scrap 3/64" boxwood strips.   But you guys ,ay choose a commercial option of using a belaying pin...if they dont look too out of scale and huge.   Which they almost certainly always look out of scale.

To finish up the carriages I drilled the holes along the stepped sides of each bracket.  I inserted 30 pound black fishing line to simulate the bolts.  I also added the the trucks (wheels).  To finish up the trucks a small length of either 24 gauge black wire or even 25 pound black fishing line can be used to simulate the truck keys.  The keys are run through the laser cut holes in each axle.

The cannon are resin...they are cleaned up and finished with some weathering powder as I usually do.   The trunnion were sanded shorter to match the width of each carriage.
 
The capsquares are interesting.  I hate making these. So this time around I spent basically an entire day figuring out how to laser cut them.   Thats right....laser cut.  No 3d printing or casting.  I designed and laser cut the capsquares in one piece.  They do have some 3 dimensionality to them.   I am quite pleased with how they turned out.  It took many many failed attempts.  Just clean them up and weather them if you like.   Then glue them on....

 
The finished product...
 

 
 
 

Questions or comments are always welcomed.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

Thanks Glenn, Just 41 more of the full frames!
 
As I set a frame on the keel I continue to assemble other frames. I was going to assemble all the frames first, but this way breaks it up a little. Plus, it's nice to see some frames in place. 
 
You will see uneven application of poly on the frame outboard and inboard sides of the frames. I didn't worry about that as they will all be sanded a lot as I fair the model.
 
Ok now just 39 more full frames to go!

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I'm continuing to raise some frames while cleaning and assembling other frames.
 
Here are five "tall frames in place with the two "short" frames waiting their turn. 
You'll notice the blocks for the sweep ports there too.

 
The two short frames have now been added and the sweep port blocks have been roughly shaped. More fine tuning is needed.
I'm also checking the frame locations with the supplied templates and my height gauge to check the sweep port and gun port locations.

I am working on the cannon....will have a step by step very soon.  The cannon will be fully rigged since I will be rigging the entire model.  Four down and four to go!!
 

 
 
 

Hi Matt,
 
I think because the scroll work has been placed on the outboard side the only thing you can do is either fill it or replace a portion of the clamp. For me I'd redo the clamp. I'm not sure where I'd make the cut though. It should be somewhere accessible where you can get to it in case you need a little filler and sand to hide the joint. If you think you can get a nice tight joint at the first beam then that's where I'd do it. If you have to use a little wood filler only you will know if you don't tell us.  Trust me there's some on my Winnie!

Trying to get back in the saddle here. Continuing on with my gap issue with the apron. I went back a couple of steps here and removed most of the forward parts of the rabbet strip and replaced it. This was because I removed some material in an attempt to get the apron to sit flush, which didn't work. I decided to replace the rabbet strips with the 1/16 strip included in the kit. I cut the first two parts to match the length of the kit parts. I soaked them and clamped in place to hold the shape and then glued them on afterwards. I also removed two of the upper parts to allow the apron to flex a bit. They may have also have been causing the lower apron to straighten a bit. At this point its nearly a perfect fit and it doesn't look like I will need any flex at all. The next challenge for me is gluing the parts on. These parts are wider than the keel so I will need to figure out how to make sure I get them properly centered.

No not really. From the laser cutting there is a very small, raised area in the notch.

I just lightly sanded it with a fine file to smooth it out.

No not really. From the laser cutting there is a very small, raised area in the notch.

I just lightly sanded it with a fine file to smooth it out.

No not really. From the laser cutting there is a very small, raised area in the notch.

I just lightly sanded it with a fine file to smooth it out.

No not really. From the laser cutting there is a very small, raised area in the notch.

I just lightly sanded it with a fine file to smooth it out.